Certainly not an exhaustive list, but here are dozens of recipients of poetry awards and fellowships.
[Related: African American recipients of poetry prizes, awards (1987-2019)]
Academy of American Poets Fellowship
1975: Robert Hayden
1996: Jay Wright
1999: Gwendolyn Brooks
2005: Claudia Rankine
2006: Carl Phillips
2009: Harryette Mullen
2014: Tracy K. Smith
2016: Natasha Trethewey
2017: Ed Roberson
2021: Camille T. Dungy
2022: Jericho Brown
Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowships
2019: Jaki Shelton Green
2019: Robin Coste Lewis
2019: Adrian Matejka
2019: Fred L. Joiner
Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowships
2019: Jaki Shelton Green
2019: Robin Coste Lewis
2019: Adrian Matejka
2019: Fred L. Joiner
2020: Honey Bell-Bey
Alice James Award (formerly the Beatrice Hawley Award)
1995: Forrest Hamer
2009: Reginald Dwayne Betts
2012: Jamaal May
Alphonse Fletcher Sr. Fellowship
2005: Elizabeth Alexander
American Book Award
1980: Jayne Cortez
1980: Quincy Troupe
1981: Al Young
1985: Angela Jackson
1985: Sonia Sanchez
1987: Ai
1987: Etheridge Knight
1989: Askia M. Touré
1993: Eugene B. Redmond
1998: Brenda Marie Osbey
2002: Al Young
2005: Lamont B. Steptoe
2008: Nikki Giovanni
2008: C. S. Giscombe
2009: Jericho Brown
2011: Camille Dungy
2012: Kevin Young
American Book Award Lifetime Achievement
2006: Jay Wright
2010: Quincy Troupe
2012: Eugene B. Redmond
Anisfield-Wolf Award
1969: Gwendolyn Brooks
1992: Marilyn Nelson
2005: A. Van Jordan
2014: Adrian Matejka
2017: Tyehimba Jess
2018: Shane McCrae
2019: Tracy K. Smith
Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award
2001: Lucille Clifton
2002: Jay Wright
2004: Derek Walcott
2010: Elizabeth Alexander
2019: Sonia Sanchez
Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry
2020: Porsha Olayiwola
2020: Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha
2020: Angelo Geter
Alice James Award (formerly the Beatrice Hawley Award)
1995: Forrest Hamer
2009: Reginald Dwayne Betts
2012: Jamaal May
Alphonse Fletcher Sr. Fellowship
2005: Elizabeth Alexander
American Book Award
1980: Jayne Cortez
1980: Quincy Troupe
1981: Al Young
1985: Angela Jackson
1985: Sonia Sanchez
1987: Ai
1987: Etheridge Knight
1989: Askia M. Touré
1993: Eugene B. Redmond
1998: Brenda Marie Osbey
2002: Al Young
2005: Lamont B. Steptoe
2008: Nikki Giovanni
2008: C. S. Giscombe
2009: Jericho Brown
2011: Camille Dungy
2012: Kevin Young
American Book Award Lifetime Achievement
2006: Jay Wright
2010: Quincy Troupe
2012: Eugene B. Redmond
Anisfield-Wolf Award
1969: Gwendolyn Brooks
1992: Marilyn Nelson
2005: A. Van Jordan
2014: Adrian Matejka
2017: Tyehimba Jess
2018: Shane McCrae
2019: Tracy K. Smith
Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award
2001: Lucille Clifton
2002: Jay Wright
2004: Derek Walcott
2010: Elizabeth Alexander
2019: Sonia Sanchez
Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry
2014: Patricia Smith
2016: Claudia Rankine
2016: Nathaniel Mackey
2020: Terrance Hayes
2020: Natasha Trethewey
Bollingen Prize for American Poetry
2005: Jay Wright
2015: Nathaniel Mackey
Cave Canem poetry prize
1999: Natasha Trethewey
2000: Major Jackson
2001: Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
2002: Tracy K. Smith
2003: Kyle Dargan
2004: Amber Flora Thomas
2005: Constance Quarterman Bridges
2006: Dawn Lundy Martin
2007: Ronaldo V. Wilson
2009: Gary Jackson
2010: Iain Haley Pollock
2011: Nicole Terez Dutton
2012: Dexter Booth
2013: F. Douglas Brown
2014: Rickey Laurentiis
2015: Donika Kelly
2016: Natalie J. Graham
2017: Julian Randall
2018: Malcolm Tariq
2019: Chekwube Danladi
2005: Jay Wright
2015: Nathaniel Mackey
Cave Canem poetry prize
1999: Natasha Trethewey
2000: Major Jackson
2001: Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
2002: Tracy K. Smith
2003: Kyle Dargan
2004: Amber Flora Thomas
2005: Constance Quarterman Bridges
2006: Dawn Lundy Martin
2007: Ronaldo V. Wilson
2009: Gary Jackson
2010: Iain Haley Pollock
2011: Nicole Terez Dutton
2012: Dexter Booth
2013: F. Douglas Brown
2014: Rickey Laurentiis
2015: Donika Kelly
2016: Natalie J. Graham
2017: Julian Randall
2018: Malcolm Tariq
2019: Chekwube Danladi
2020: Aurielle Marie
2021: Courtney Faye Taylor
2022: Ariana Benson
Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize
2009: Indigo Moor
2010: Vievee Francis
2012: Reginald Harris
2014: Jonathan Moody
2016: Laura Swearingen-Steadwell
2018: Tsitsi Jaji
Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize
2009: Indigo Moor
2010: Vievee Francis
2012: Reginald Harris
2014: Jonathan Moody
2016: Laura Swearingen-Steadwell
2018: Tsitsi Jaji
2020: Brionne Janae
Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Award
2002: Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
2006: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
2010: Camille Dungy
2013: TJ Jarrett
Four Quartets Prize
2018: Danez Smith
2019: Dante Micheaux
Gish Prize
Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Award
2002: Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
2006: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
2010: Camille Dungy
2013: TJ Jarrett
Four Quartets Prize
2018: Danez Smith
2019: Dante Micheaux
Gish Prize
2021: Sonia Sanchez
Guggenheim Fellowship
1937: Sterling Brown
1946: Gwendolyn Brooks
1947: Gwendolyn Brooks
1971: Edward Kamau Brathwaite
1974: Jay Wright
1974: Etheridge Knight
1975: Ai
1976:: Michael S. Harper
1983: Rita Dove
1984: Wanda Coleman
1990: M. NourbeSe Philip
1993: Cornelius Eady
1995: Thylias Moss
1997: Carl Phillips
2001: Marilyn Nelson
2002: Elizabeth Alexander
2003: Natasha Trethewey
2003: Kevin Young
2004: Toi Derricotte
2005: Harryette Mullen
2007: A. Van Jordan
2008: Reginald Shepherd
2009: Terrance Hayes
2010: Nathaniel Mackey
2012: Kwame Dawes
2013: Ross Gay
2013: Major Jackson
2014: Patricia Smith
2014: Adrian Matejka
2015: Rowan Ricardo Phillips
2015: Thomas Sayers Ellis
2016: Jericho Brown
2016: Ed Roberson
2017: Ishion Hutchinson
2017: Gregory Pardlo
2017: Claudia Rankine
2017: Afaa M. Weaver
2018: Reginald Dwayne Betts
2018: Tyehimba Jess
2019: Cyrus Cassells
2019: Camille T. Dungy
2019: Robin Coste Lewis
2019: Shane McCrae
2020: Janice N. Harrington
1937: Sterling Brown
1946: Gwendolyn Brooks
1947: Gwendolyn Brooks
1971: Edward Kamau Brathwaite
1974: Jay Wright
1974: Etheridge Knight
1975: Ai
1976:: Michael S. Harper
1983: Rita Dove
1984: Wanda Coleman
1990: M. NourbeSe Philip
1993: Cornelius Eady
1995: Thylias Moss
1997: Carl Phillips
2001: Marilyn Nelson
2002: Elizabeth Alexander
2003: Natasha Trethewey
2003: Kevin Young
2004: Toi Derricotte
2005: Harryette Mullen
2007: A. Van Jordan
2008: Reginald Shepherd
2009: Terrance Hayes
2010: Nathaniel Mackey
2012: Kwame Dawes
2013: Ross Gay
2013: Major Jackson
2014: Patricia Smith
2014: Adrian Matejka
2015: Rowan Ricardo Phillips
2015: Thomas Sayers Ellis
2016: Jericho Brown
2016: Ed Roberson
2017: Ishion Hutchinson
2017: Gregory Pardlo
2017: Claudia Rankine
2017: Afaa M. Weaver
2018: Reginald Dwayne Betts
2018: Tyehimba Jess
2019: Cyrus Cassells
2019: Camille T. Dungy
2019: Robin Coste Lewis
2019: Shane McCrae
2020: Janice N. Harrington
2021: Tracie Morris
Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for Poetry
2007: Patricia Smith
2008: Kyle G. Dargan
2009: Myronn Hardy
2010: Haki R. Madhubuti
2011: Elizabeth Alexander
2012: Evie Shockley
2013: Lucille Clifton
2014: Amaud Jamual Johnson
2015: Claudia Rankine
2016: Vievee Francis
2017: Donika Kelly
2018: Evie Shockley
2019: Terrance Hayes
Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for Poetry
2007: Patricia Smith
2008: Kyle G. Dargan
2009: Myronn Hardy
2010: Haki R. Madhubuti
2011: Elizabeth Alexander
2012: Evie Shockley
2013: Lucille Clifton
2014: Amaud Jamual Johnson
2015: Claudia Rankine
2016: Vievee Francis
2017: Donika Kelly
2018: Evie Shockley
2019: Terrance Hayes
2020: Ladan Osman
2021: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Jackson Poetry Prize
2007: Elizabeth Alexander
2010: Harryette Mullen
2014: Claudia Rankine
2016: Will Alexander
2017: Patricia Spears Jones
2020: Ed Roberson
2021: Carl Phillips
2022: Sonia Sanchez
James Laughlin Award (formerly known as Lamont Poetry Selections)
1978: Ai
1985: Cornelius Eady
2006: Tracy K. Smith
James Laughlin Award (formerly known as Lamont Poetry Selections)
1978: Ai
1985: Cornelius Eady
2006: Tracy K. Smith
2021: James Cagney
John C. Zacharis First Book Award
1992: Allison Joseph
1996: Kevin Young
2006: Thomas Sayers Ellis
Kate Tufts Discovery Award
2000: Terrance Hayes
2008: Janice N. Harrington
2014: Yona Harvey
2016: Danez Smith
2017: Phillip B. Williams
2018: Donika Kelly
2020: Tiana Clark
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
1994: Yusef Komunyakaa
2002: Carl Phillips
2014: Afaa Michael Weaver
2016: Ross Gay
2017: Vievee Francis
2018: Patricia Smith
2019: Dawn Lundy Martin
John C. Zacharis First Book Award
1992: Allison Joseph
1996: Kevin Young
2006: Thomas Sayers Ellis
Kate Tufts Discovery Award
2000: Terrance Hayes
2008: Janice N. Harrington
2014: Yona Harvey
2016: Danez Smith
2017: Phillip B. Williams
2018: Donika Kelly
2020: Tiana Clark
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
1994: Yusef Komunyakaa
2002: Carl Phillips
2014: Afaa Michael Weaver
2016: Ross Gay
2017: Vievee Francis
2018: Patricia Smith
2019: Dawn Lundy Martin
2021: John Murillo
Lannan Literary Award for Poetry
1993: Cyrus Cassells
1996: Lucille Clifton
2000: Jay Wright
2014: Claudia Rankine
2015: A. Van Jordan
2016: Tyehimba Jess
2017: Shane McCrae
2019: Evie Shockley
Lannan Literary Award for Poetry
1993: Cyrus Cassells
1996: Lucille Clifton
2000: Jay Wright
2014: Claudia Rankine
2015: A. Van Jordan
2016: Tyehimba Jess
2017: Shane McCrae
2019: Evie Shockley
Lannan Literary Fellowship
2005: Frank X Walker
2014: Jamaal May
2014: Adrian Matejka
2017: Rickey Laurentiis
2020: Hanif Abdurraqib
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
1981: Sterling A. Brown
1999: Wanda Coleman
2013: Patricia Smith
2015: Kevin Young
2019: Kyle Dargan
2020: Hanif Abdurraqib
2021: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Lillian Smith Book Award
1973: Alice Walker
2001: Natasha Trethewey
2004: Frank X. Walker
2007: Natasha Trethewey
Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry
1981: Ntozake Shange
1986: Derek Walcott
2011: Carl Phillips
2014: Claudia Rankine
2017: Patricia Smith
2018: Carl Phillips
MacArthur Fellowship
1981: Derek Walcott
1986: Jay Wright
1996: Thylias Moss
1998: Ishmael Reed
2014: Terrance Hayes
2016: Claudia Rankine
2021: Reginald Dwayne Betts
2021: Hanif Abdurraqib
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
2007: Maya Angelou
2008: Nikki Giovanni
2009: N/A
2010: Nikki Giovanni
2011: Nikki Giovanni
2012: James Golden
2013: Truth Thomas
2014: Frank X. Walker
2015: Claudia Rankine
2016: Terrance Hayes
2017: Rita Dove
2018: Patricia Smith
2019: Alice Walker
2020: Reginald Dwayne Betts
Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award
1994: Adam David Miller
1995: Beverly V. Head
1996: Bruce A. Jacobs
1997: Bill Harris
1998: Claude Wilkinson
1999: Ruth Ellen Kocher
2000: Jerry Wemple
2001: James R. Whitley
2002: Peggy Ann Tartt
2003: Monifa A. Love
2004: Mendi Lewis Obadike
2005: Anthony A. Lee
2006: Carolyn Beard Whitlow
2007: Remica L. Bingham
2008: Nagueyalti Warren
2009: Crystal Williams
2010: Edward Bruce Bynum
2011: Carmen Gillespie
2012: Sheila Carter-Jones
2013: Esperanza Cintrón
2014: Austin Alexis
2015: R. Flowers Rivera
National Book Award for Poetry
1999: Ai
2000: Lucille Clifton
2006: Nathaniel Mackey
2010: Terrance Hayes
2011: Nikky Finney
2015: Robin Coste Lewis
2018: Justin Phillip Reed
2021: John Keene
National Book Critics Circle Award
2014: Claudia Rankine
2015: Ross Gay
2016: Ishion Hutchinson
2019: Morgan Parker
National Book Critics Circle Award
2014: Claudia Rankine
2015: Ross Gay
2016: Ishion Hutchinson
2019: Morgan Parker
2021: Francine J. Harris
National Poetry Series Winner
1979: Sterling A. Brown
1981: Cyrus Cassells
1984: Nathaniel Mackey
1990: Thylias Moss
1993: Kevin Young
1998: Ed Roberson
2001: Terrance Hayes
2004: Tyehimba Jess
2005: Patricia Smith
2008: Douglas Kearney
2008: Adrian Matejka
2011: Marcus Wicker
2015: Joshua Bennett
2017: Dominique Christina
Nobel Prize for Literature
1992: Derek Walcott
Pew Fellowships in the Arts
1993: Essex Hemphill
1993: Sonia Sanchez
1995: Major Jackson
1998: Afaa Michael Weaver
2002: Trapeta B. Mayson
2015: Yolanda Wisher
2017: M. Nzadi Keita
Philip Levine Prize in Poetry
2005: Roxane Beth Johnson
Poets' Prize
1999: Marilyn Nelson
2016: Erica Dawson
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1950: Gwendolyn Brooks
1987: Rita Dove
1994: Yusef Komunyakaa
2007: Natasha Trethewey
2012: Tracy K. Smith
2015: Gregory Pardlo
2017: Tyehimba Jess
2020: Jericho Brown
2023: Carl Phillips
Rattle Poetry Prize
2010: Patricia Smith
2015: Tiana Clark
2017: Rayon Lennon
Robert Frost Medal
1989: Gwendolyn Brooks
2001: Sonia Sanchez
2008: Michael S. Harper
2010: Lucille Clifton
2012: Marilyn Nelson
2015: Kamau Brathwaite
Rattle Poetry Prize
2010: Patricia Smith
2015: Tiana Clark
2017: Rayon Lennon
Robert Frost Medal
1989: Gwendolyn Brooks
2001: Sonia Sanchez
2008: Michael S. Harper
2010: Lucille Clifton
2012: Marilyn Nelson
2015: Kamau Brathwaite
2020: Toi Derricotte
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
2001: Yusef Komunyakaa
2007: Lucille Clifton
2014: Nathaniel Mackey
2016: Ed Roberson
2019: Marilyn Nelson
2021: Patricia Smith
2022: Rita Dove
2022: Nikki Giovanni
2022: Angela Jackson
2022: Haki Madhubuti
2022: Sonia Sanchez
Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships
2008: Roger Reeves
2011: Marcus Wicker
2012: Reginald Dwayne Betts
2012: Rickey Laurentiis
2013: Phillip B. Williams
2013: Harmony Holiday
2014: Danez Smith
2015: Nate Marshall
2015: Safiya Sinclair
2015: Jamila Woods
2016: Angel Nafis
2016: Alison C. Rollins
2017: Cortney Lamar Charleston
2018: Safia Elhillo
2019: Justin Phillip Reed
2020: Luther Hughes
2020: Cyrée Jarelle Johnson
2020: Darius Simpson
2021: Bryan Byrdlong
Shelley Memorial Award
1975/76: Gwendolyn Brooks
1984/85: Etheridge Knight
1991/92: Lucille Clifton
2001/02: Angela Jackson
2004: Yusef Komunyakaa
2008: Ed Roberson
2012: Wanda Coleman
2016: Sonia Sanchez
2018: Ntozake Shange
2023: Evie Shockley
Spingarn Medal (NAACP)
1918: William Stanley Braithwaite
1925: James Weldon Johnson
1960: Langston Hughes
Stegner Fellowship
1966: Al Young
1969: William J. Harris
1992: Kevin Young
1997: Tracy K. Smith
2003: Amaud Jamual Johnson
Toi Derricotte & Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize (Cave Canem)
2015: Rio Cortez
2016: Nick Makoha
2017: Layla Benitez-James
2018: Mia S. Willis
Wallace Stevens Award
2011: Yusef Komunyakaa
2018: Sonia Sanchez
2019: Rita Dove
2020: Nikky Finney
2021: Toi Derricotte
2022: Marilyn Nelson
2023: Afaa Michael Weaver
William Carlos Williams Award
1995: Cyrus Cassells
Yale Series of Younger Poets award
1942: Margaret Walker
2016: Airea D. Matthews
Whiting Award
1991: Thylias Moss
1993: Nathaniel Mackey
1999: Terrance Hayes
2000: Claude Wilkinson
2004: A. Van Jordan
2005: Thomas Sayers Ellis
2005: Tracy K. Smith
2005: John Keene
2006: Tyehimba Jess
2009: Jericho Brown
2011: Shane McCrae
2013: Ishion Hutchinson
2013: Rowan Ricardo Phillips
2015: Aracelis Girmay
2015: Roger Reeves
2016: LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
2016: Safiya Sinclair
2017: Simone White
2017: Phillip B. Williams
1991: Thylias Moss
1993: Nathaniel Mackey
1999: Terrance Hayes
2000: Claude Wilkinson
2004: A. Van Jordan
2005: Thomas Sayers Ellis
2005: Tracy K. Smith
2005: John Keene
2006: Tyehimba Jess
2009: Jericho Brown
2011: Shane McCrae
2013: Ishion Hutchinson
2013: Rowan Ricardo Phillips
2015: Aracelis Girmay
2015: Roger Reeves
2016: LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
2016: Safiya Sinclair
2017: Simone White
2017: Phillip B. Williams
2018: Rickey Laurentiis
2019: Tyree Daye
2021: Joshua Bennett
2021: Ladan Osman
2021: Xandria Phillips
William Carlos Williams Award
1995: Cyrus Cassells
Yale Series of Younger Poets award
1942: Margaret Walker
2016: Airea D. Matthews
2020: Desiree C. Bailey
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